Special guardianship financial support and assessment.

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Dear Haringey Borough Council,

Can you please provide me with the following information regarding
Special guardianship financial support and assessment.

1) Does the council follow the DfE method
of assessing Special guardianship allowance. If not please provide
information as to the method used.

2) What is the maximum payment for a child.

a) Pre school age
b) Primary school age
c) Secondary school age
d) Over 16

3) Is the maximum payment based on recommended core foster care
rates. If not what is the maximum payment based on.

4) Does special guardianship rise each year in line with the
increase in core fostering rates.

5) Is the financial assessment where children were previously LAC
different to the financial assessment for children who were not
LAC.

6) What deductions, if any, are made from Special guardianship
allowance, ie, Child benefit, Child tax credit.

7) If a carer is in receipt of Income support are any deductions
made from Special Guardianship allowance, ie, Child Benefit, Child
tax credit

8) Are Special guardianship allowances time limited. If so how long for.

9) How many special guardians in the authority are currently being financially supported

10) How many Child arrangement orders are currently being financially supported

11) How many friends and family, (connected persons) foster carers are in the authority.

Yours faithfully,

Cassie Felton

Haringey Borough Council

Dear Ms Felton

 

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LBH/8595619

 

I acknowledge your request for information received on 08 April 2019.

 

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of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations and we
will send the response by 09 May 2019

 

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Ms Felton

Re: Freedom of Information Act Request ref: LBH/8595619

 

Thank you for your FOI request dated 7 April, in which you asked for the
following:

 

 

Can the London Borough of Haringey please provide you with the following
information regarding Special Guardianship financial support and
assessment.

 

 

My response is as follows:

 

1)    Does the council follow the DfE method of assessing Special
guardianship allowance. If not please provide information as to the method
used.

 

Haringey Council does use the DfE method of assessing SG allowances.

 

2) What is the maximum payment for a child.

 

a) Pre school age

b) Primary school age

c) Secondary school age

d) Over 16

 

age 0 -10 £185.00 per week

age 11-16 £232.00 per week. 

 

3) Is the maximum payment based on recommended core foster care rates. If
not what is the maximum payment based on.

 

Yes, the maximum payment is based on the core foster carer rates.

 

4) Does special guardianship rise each year in line with the increase in
core fostering rates.

 

Yes, the allowance is linked to rise in increase in fostering rates. 

 

5) Is the financial assessment where children were previously LAC
different to the financial assessment for children who were not LAC.

 

The financial assessment is the same for both LAC and non LAC.

 

6) What deductions, if any, are made from Special guardianship allowance,
ie: Child benefit, Child tax credit.

 

The only deductions made are Child Benefit.

 

7) If a carer is in receipt of Income support are any deductions made from
Special Guardianship allowance, ie, Child Benefit, Child tax credit.

 

No deductions are made if carer is on Income Support. 

 

8) Are Special guardianship allowances time limited. If so how long for.

 

Special Guardianship allowances are reviewed annually.

 

9) How many special guardians in the authority are currently being
financially supported.

 

We are currently financially supporting 145 Special Guardians in Haringey 

 

10) How many Child arrangement orders are currently being financially
supported.

 

Not applicable. 

 

11) How many friends and family, (connected persons) foster carers are in
the authority.

 

We currently have 44 family and friends foster carers in Haringey.

 

 

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Children’s Social Care

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Haringey Council

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